Bellevue, Wash. architecture firm MulvannyG2 recently welcomed Michael Osburn as design manager; Robert Jaques and Y.E. Smith as design principals; and Michael La Fon as designer.

With 31 years' experience, Osburn has full responsibility for leading the firm's design teams. During the course of his career, Osburn has received eight major design awards for projects under his responsibility. As design manager, his responsibilities include developing and leading the firm's strategic design direction.

With 27 years' experience, Jacques joins MulvannyG2 as a design principal with the corporate studio. Jacques is responsible for design, master planning, client management, and business development, as well as directing projects from design feasibility through contract documents.

Smith brings 18 years of experience in architecture to MulvannyG2 and is responsible for conceptual, schematic and design development, master planning, client management, and business development. Smith's expertise encompasses establishing new retail and mixed-use markets that are sensitive to the unique relationship of nature-made and man-made environments.

La Fon joins MulvannyG2's corporate studio as a designer and is involved with schematic design, design development, project analysis, computer/multimedia models, 3-D models, graphic materials, zoning analysis, and project management.

Joel Rohrs has joined Rushforth Construction in Tacoma, Wash., as a project manager, bringing 12 years of construction experience. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, holding a Bachelor's degree in Urban Design and Planning. Rohrs is currently project manager for the Salem Conference Center and Parking Structure and the Phoenix Inn Grand Hotel in Salem, Ore.

Three local veteran engineers recently formed The Blueline Group, a civil engineering and land development firm based in Kirkland, Wash. Founded by professional engineers Brian J. Darrow, Todd A. Oberg, and Geoff E. Tamble, The Blueline Group will work with private land developers primarily located in the western United States. Services include civil engineering and land development consulting a variety of projects with emphasis on single-family residential, multi-family residential and commercial projects.

David Howell, Washington state district manager of Tradesmen International, has been elected as the 2003-2004 chairman of the board of directors of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Western Washington (Bellevue, Wash.).

Joining Howell as officers are: Jon Havelock, Med-Tox Northwest, chairman elect; Mike Sotelo, WG Clark Construction Co., vice chairman of professional development; Dan McTaggart, Ledcor Construction, Inc., vice chairman of membership; Steve Cofchin, Air Systems Engineering, Inc., vice chairman of advocacy; Jim Sweeney, Corporate Strategies & Development, LLC, secretary/treasurer; and Joan Baldwin, TEC Mechanical Service Co., immediate past chair.

The directors for 2003-2004 are: Judy Jewell, Olympian Precast, Inc.; Grant Larsen, Express Construction Co., Inc.; Steve Lyman, High Country Contractors, Inc.; Randy Bosley, Unique Restoration Enterprises; John Hennessy, Nuprecon, Inc.; De Leigh, DeBolte Plumbing & Heating; Doug Ostergaard, North Star Electric, Inc.; Karen Say, Saybr Contractors, Inc.; and Ed Plikaytis, American Environmental Construction.

National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Puget Sound chapter announces the new chapter officers for 2003-2004. Officers are president, Lily Iftner, DBM Investigative Engineers; vice-president, Jill Blegen, Performance Contracting; treasurer, Mary Kauth, Kvichak Marine Industries; and secretary, Tammy Vibbert, Lakeside Industries. Directors are Jane Mills, Golder Associates; Kim Anderson, AAR Testing Laboratories; and Judy Jewell, Olympian Precast. Immediate past president is Gwyn Hart, Cadman.

Candela Architectural Lighting Consultants of Seattle recently added Ben Kuritz as a lighting designer.

Kuritz completed lighting design for library, commercial, education, and museum projects as an intern with George Saxton Associates in Washington, DC prior to joining Candela. He is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and Designers Lighting Forum (DLF), and a recent graduate of University of Colorado's architectural engineering program.

Emick Howard & Seibert, Inc., a full-service architecture, interior design, and strategic facility planning firm in Seattle, recently announced the following additions to staff: Dean Longwell, senior project manager; John Hibbard, project manager; Iren Fang; and Valerie Robbins.

A 21-year veteran, Longwell's experience as a project manager and designer includes commercial, retail, laboratory, multi-family housing, recreational, and public works.

Hibbard's 14 years of experience includes work with software, telecommunications, and engineering industries doing design, space planning, and project management. He has also been responsible for planning and building analysis for over 600,000 square feet of corporate office, retail, and medical spaces.

Iren Fang has more than 12 years of experience with architecture, construction management, and contract administration in the states of Washington and Florida. He has worked on residential, retail, educational, and government projects.

Robbins background includes design and production of restaurant prototypes, interior renovations, corporate office interiors, and significant experience with assisted living facilities.

Seattle electrical engineering and technology consulting firm Sparling recently added Maureen Jackson, P.E., Lindsey Gilmore and Robert Johnson to electrical design studios that specialize in commercial, retail, industrial, and health care projects.

As a project manager for commercial and retail projects, Jackson's experience includes design of power, lighting, fire alarm, voice/data, intercom, and security systems. Current Sparling projects include the Health and Wellness Center for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe in Auburn, Wash., Heart Center addition at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Ore., and 500 Mercer and 428 Westlake mixed-use projects, both in Seattle.

Gilmore is a graduate of Purdue University and completed electrical design for biomedical/pharmaceutical and other projects as an intern with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Cincinnati. She is a project designer for a studio that specializes in health care projects.

Johnson has a journeyman electrician's background, received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and recently passed the FE/EIT exam. Prior to joining Sparling, he taught classes in microprocessor architecture for the College of Engineering at NCSU. Johnson will work on power system designs for industrial and military projects.

Monica Moravec has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers in Seattle. Moravec is currently the project manager for the Sound Transit Pine Street Stub Tunnel, which is under design. She has 24 years of engineering experience.

Moravec has a background in sanitary engineering process design, stormwater conveyance and treatment in support of major transportation projects for WSDOT and Sound Transit, and development of projects from planning through construction.

Bellevue, Wash. homebuilder Quadrant Corp. recently announced the promotions of Ken Krivanec and Mark Gray to senior vice president.

In their new positions, Krivanec and Gray will assume larger roles in developing and executing Quadrant's overall business strategy.

Krivanec previously served as vice president of sales and marketing and will continue to oversee all sales and marketing activities for the company. He has been with Quadrant for four years and is responsible for focusing the company's branding strategy and growing its sales three-fold during that period.

Gray previously served as vice president of production and will continue to oversee all operational activities for Quadrant. Gray has been with Quadrant for 13 years and during that time engineered strong operational efficiencies in areas such as construction and purchasing.

Tom Wilcox has recently joined BERGER/ABAM Engineers Inc.'s Portland, Ore., office as a project manager.

Wilcox has more than 14 years of civil engineering and construction management experience on both public and private sector projects in the water resource, transportation, communications, and land development sectors. He has served as a design engineer, project manager, and construction representative for sanitary sewer, storm drain, and water system improvement projects. His civil engineering experience includes street improvements, residential and commercial land development, and design of parks and recreational facilities. As a project manager, Wilcox uses his extensive management experience to guide clients successfully through all stages of projects, including analysis, design, cost estimates, bidding, and construction.

Del Huntington has joined transportation planning and traffic engineering firm Kittelson & Associates Inc. as an associate planner in its Portland, Ore. office.

Huntington's 28 years of experience in access management and multi-modal planning includes a decade with British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and, more recently, 18 years with the Oregon Department of Transportation. Huntington led the ODOT team that developed the state's guidelines on access management, which are now being adopted by other states.

Todd Whipple, PE, has been promoted to senior vice president and director of engineering and architectural firm CLC Associates' Northwest operations in Spokane, Wash. Whipple has been with CLC since 1999 when CLC acquired the local firm of Inland Pacific Engineering where Whipple had served since 1993. In his new role, Whipple will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Northwest's operations, including continuing his role as director of engineering.

Whipple is involved in many of the firm's key projects, most recently providing transportation planning and design for a fast-tracked six-mile arterial roadway. The roadway design is part of a 675,000-sq.ft. retail center also being designed by CLC Associates.

McLeskey Enterprises, a Ridgefield, Wash.- corporation encompassing Cascade Container-Fab Co. and Cascon Transportation, recently announced several staff additions and promotions.

Bob Dillon was promoted to a top sales and service position for the southwest Washington and Oregon regions. Dillon will work to expand the company's base of private and public clients.

As the company's new sales representative for northwest Washington territories, Jim Sanborn will oversee sales and service for McLeskey's presence in the Northwest.

Tony Jolly has been promoted to production manager for the firm. He formerly served as the company's truck shop supervisor.

Greg Claus has joined the company to replace Jolly as the new truck shop supervisor. He will oversee operations in the fabrication and manufacturing of McLeskey's line of truck equipment products.

Lance Lum recently received his Washington Civil Engineering Professional Engineer's license and was promoted to project engineer at Reid Middleton in Everett, Wash.

Over the last several years, Lum has worked on analysis and design for various buildings for the U.S. Navy. He is also involved in projects for the Port of Seattle at Fishermen's Terminal and the City of Edmonds' mid-waterfront seawall and pedestrian walkway project.

Jon Hagwood recently joined Seattle's Lease Crutcher Lewis as a senior superintendent with a focus on large commercial and institutional projects. Hagwood brings 28 years of construction experience to the firm. Some of his notable local projects include Seattle's 62-story Gateway Tower, Auburn's White River Amphitheatre, and Building 26 at the Microsoft headquarters.

Ray Shea, a 28-year construction professional, joins Lewis as a superintendent in the Special Projects Division. Shea will focus on a new 30,000-sq.-ft. medical office building in Lakewood, Wash.